Note: When
the right side of the Moon is illuminated, the Moon is increasing
or waxing. When the left side illuminated, the Moon is decreasing
or waning. (Of course, this only works in the Northern Hemisphere.
In the Southern Hemisphere the effect is just the opposite!)

The
New Moon can be thought of as a no Moon! Its sunlit side is facing
away from Earth toward the Sun. The side that is facing Earth is not
getting any sunlight, leaving it dark and invisible to us ... no Moon
to see! A New Moon lies between the Sun and Earth. Helpful
Image + DescriptionBTW: The only time a New Moon
can be seen is during a solar eclipse, when it passes directly in front
of the Sun, visibly showing off part or all of its entire dark disk.

Note: For
those living in San Francisco this New Moon takes place overhead
16 minutes before high noon. The Sun, New Moon and
planets are located in the same constellations for other parts of
the world; these constellations, in differing time zones, lie in
a different location above or below the horizon.

Reflections
~ New Moon

With
every New
Moon our soul goes into meditation and aligns with the inspiration
of the Nirmanakayas;
a potential is enlivened and a seed of consciousness is formed
deep within. Take some time to create a sacred space. A new cycle
is beginning.

The
new lunar cycle begins in the constellation of Virgo the Virgin,
our celestial chalice. The emanations of Virgo nurture
our innate divinity, spiritual awareness and Christ consciousness
until it can be made manifest, ultimately giving rise to the HU-man *,
the God-man, the Christed ONE.

The
Sun, Moon, Saturn and Mercury are all found in Virgo the Virgin as
this lunar cycle begins. Review map above. Each
of these celestial bodies is creating a pathway for the manifestation
of divine energies. The
Sun in
Virgo bestows the forms that demonstrate a consciousness having a greater
sense of the whole. The Moon,
when located in the Virgin, awakens within us a great potential toward
world service. Mercury anywhere
in Virgo allows the Divine idea to take root and gain strength, until
it is born into the world. Saturn positioned
anywhere in Virgo the Virgin conceives the structures that exteriorize
the unfolding Christ consciousness.

The
Sun and Moon, Virgo's stars Porrima and Vindemiatrix, as well as the
planets Saturn and Mercury line-up longitudinally. Review map above.

Porrima,
named after the goddess of childbirth
and prophecy, emphasizes new beginnings and the use of guiding intuition
during change and its birthing process. Vindemiatrix the Harvester is about
exact timing and fruition. Mercury the messenger of the gods allows
both stars to function in their highest expression.

Vindemiatrix
and Porrima ... mark the time when Winds of Change are at hand, and
provide the forevision to act accordingly on the signs
presenting themselves in our lives and in the natural world around
us. They also mark the exalted seat of our winged messenger Mercury,
significantly
adding perspective and understanding to the nature of the stars at
this ecliptical longitude. Mercury is the vessel by which these stars
function
in their highest expression, that is, through the neurology of communication
and logistics, and all that Mercury characterizes. Nick
Fiorenza

Saturn
supports the exact timing of Vindemiatrix
as the winds of change blow through our lives. Saturn
is known for its quality of right timing, which inhibits, delays,
restricts, perfects
and deepens.

Corvus
communicates through all of nature, and asks us to read the natural
world, to listen to and observe the signs expressed in daily life from
the world around us.

None
of us are forsaken or deprived of guidance, nor even need intermediaries
like those found in religions or those of the astrological arts (this
text). All of us are merely learning to see, feel, and listen to the
guidance of the divine expressing in the everyday affairs of our lives,
palpable guidance which is continually around us, moment to moment,
communicating through everything ... it's nature's way, the voice of
God expressing through everything. We need only to trust ... and act
... to find our passage. Nick
Fiorenza

Arcturus
and Spica, also in alignment with Corvus (see
map above),
assure us of our essential
divinity and its everyday guiding voice. Spica symbolizing
the sacred womb of the Virgin, accepts and nourishes the seed of divine
will from Arcturus,
the savior avatar. Helpful
Star Map This seed of divinity resides in Virgo and
therefore within humanity.

In
Summary

Virgo
the Virgin is awake and powerfully enlivened, stirring humanity's
essential divinity from its slumber. The Higher
Power
within each and every one of us is being aroused. This new lunar cycle
is stimulating pathways for divine energies to be made manifest on
Earth.

The
essence of this zodiakal area, comprised by all of these conjoining
entities expresses through the higher mental capacities associated
with the ability to for-sense future probabilities, which includes
clairvoyant and telepathic awareness. This prophetic ability is
with specific purpose, not only for communication, but action. This
is
much more than receiving simple impulses of premonition, but is about
how
our attentiveness "extends" or reaches from the present
into the future. This implies the ability to sense future unfoldment.
The
purpose of such eves-dropping into the future provides advantage
in how to use our will in the present. The purpose of such future-seeing
is so that we can prepare and create NOW what is needed "to
meet" the
future events to come. The events seen are already precipitating
from the realm of probabilities, which we then meet in the unfoldment
of
our spacetiming.

This few degree band of Virgo is about divine communication
through the natural world, attunement systems for such communication,
extended spacetime perceptual capacities, all to serve us in our capacity
to make safe passage in harmony through the diverse and sometimes tremulous
currents ahead. Nick
Fiorenza

The
winds of change are blowing. Right timing is essential for a harvest,
a birth, a rebirth. Our essential divinity with it's divine
vision helps us see and tune to the signs all around us, so that we
may align with divine will and prepare for the future. We are the sacred
Chalice for the Divine Host on Earth. Ponder Divine
Prompting.

October
9,
Saturday, a slivered Moon slips between Mars and Venus, just left (south)
of Zubenelgenubi
(zoo-BEN-al-je-NEW-bee) in the constellation of Libra
the balance. Compare this
map with the map above, which does not show
the slim Crescent Moon. This is a difficult observation and the last
2010 evening pairing of Venus and the Moon. Learn
More

Zubenelgenubi
is the southern "missing
claw" of Scorpius. It has the dual character of making love or
slaying its prey. The potential of stimulating revenge
or repairing a relationship is present. Venus and Mars positioned
near this star accentuate the duality. Young Luna reminds us the
winds of change are blowing; follow
divine promptings and right timing. Can you put out any fires of
revenge? Who can you forgive?

The
view of the sky appears to move west 15°/hour *.
(180º in 12 hours=horizon to horizon ... 180º/12=15º)

Note: The
sky appears lighter at 7:00pm. Brilliant Venus and dim Mars may be
impossible to see in the twilight so close to the horizon. Venus
sets near 7:00pm and Mars around 7:45pm. The
sunset planets are sinking away.

As
the Moon grows in the light provided by our Sun,
we too grow in the light of our Soul.

Reflections
~ Waxing Crescent Moon

Overcoming
obstacles to the new incoming awareness begins with the waxing
Crescent Moon. What was conceived at the New Moon,Winds
of Change, Right Timing, Divine Vision, (review
above) is now in the process of waxing or gestating.

October
10-11,
Sunday-Monday, waxing Crescent Luna leads us into the burning
ground of Scorpius. Sunday look for the cosmic Scorpion's fiery red
heart to the left of Luna and Monday to the lower right. Compare this 10/11
Map/Text with the
map above.

In
the Scorpion's
burning ground the evolutionary winds of change have
us spiral dancing with death and
new life. Scorpius presents us with tests and trials, while Antares demands
we take a stand for the Truth. It is the Truth that sets us free to
rise up like the Phoenix
from
the
ashes.

October
12-13,
Tuesday-Wednesday, Luna introduces us to Sagittarius the Archer. Tuesday
Luna lies above his arrow's tip and Wednesday above the vane. Telescopic
Pluto is positioned above the top of the teapot asterism of
Sagittarius. Review this constellation
image and the map above. Use your imagination
to mark the location point in our sky of the New
Horizons Pluto-bound spacecraft – between
Pluto and the top of the Archer's teapot. New Horizons was launched
January 2006 and is scheduled to reach Pluto July 2015.

This
cosmic Archer with Pluto on his bow takes aim, zeroes in on the Light
and Whole Truth and
knows the way to go. His emanations illumine the useful intellect,
allowing intuitive perception to see a new type of goal, one that
unifies the dualities into a Divine ONE. The Archer teaches us to aim
the arrow
of the mind toward the intuition for
divine vision and right timing. Call on Sagittarius when
change is at hand.

Luna
swims and grows in the dark pool of the heavens filled with watery
constellations and dim stars. Some call this the Celestial
Sea. Capricornus the Sea Goat meets Luna with
a big smile October 14-16 and is
in good company with Neptune the sea god. Aquarius the Water
Bearer and Piscis Austrinus the Southern Fish welcome Luna and
her growing light in their deep waters October
17-18. Pisces the Fishes and Cetus the Whale [aka the Monster]
along with unpredictable Uranus and beneficent Jupiter trick and
treat Luna October
19-21! You may want to try sailing the Celestial
Sea on a dark moonless night to test your navigation skills.

Note: Jupiter
can be seen in the east at nightfall and sets in the west around
5:00am. Jupiter anywhere in the vicinity of Luna is a celestial
delight.

BTW: Mira,
a variable star in the constellation Cetus, changes in brightness
during the year, making it visible or invisible to the unaided
eye. Mira, reaching maximum visibility in early October, can
now be viewed without an optical aid. Look for this variable
star east (left) of Jupiter 11:00pm to dawn, when there is no
moonlight interference.

Will
You See Luna in the Day Sky?

Luna
is large enough and rises early enough to be easily seen in the
southeastern day sky around 4:00pm, October
14-16 and around 6:00pm
October17-19.

In
the evening get out those binoculars for the best view of Luna and
her terminator, the shadow line dividing the lunar day from lunar
night. It is here that sunrise occurs on a waxing Moon. Lunar craters,
mountains and valleys are accentuated along this line of contrasting
light.

Click
here to learn about Vega and the Milky
Way, which sweeps through the Summer Triangle, to identify the Keystone
(wedge) of Hercules, to navigate with the Big Dipper of Ursa Major,
whose bowl point to Polaris
our North Star
and whose handle arcs to Arcturus at nightfall. Arcturus
low in the
west in the early evening (not shown in map above) and Capella low
in the east around 10:00pm see
map above are flashing
colors now!

The First
Quarter Moon, exact Thursday, October 14,
at 2:27pm
PDT (21:27 UT)squares
the Sun at a 90-degree angle and brings up a tension between desires
and emotions, as we struggle for fulfillment. Ideally any obstacles
impeding the awareness conceived at the New Moon are overcome at
this time.

First
Quarter Luna conjoins Altair the
southern point of the Summer
Triangle. Review
map above. This
star is also the head or eye of Aquila the Eagle. Altair reminds us
that vision
and freedom come when the intellect can make
the leap
to intuition and
we awaken to the promptings of
our essential
divinity. In flight Aquila is known to carry mighty thunderbolts
in his talons. These can shake one to their core, if one fails to
hear or resists the divine promptings.

Reflections
~ Waxing Gibbous Moon

The waxing
Gibbous Moon is more than half lit, moving toward its full sunlit
phase. Illumination and growth are offered by this lunar phase, only
if the obstacles from the past are cleared away. This must happen,
if the energy released with the coming Full Moon is to be utilized.

October
15-16,
Friday-Saturday, "smiling" Capricornus
and Neptune the sea god welcome Luna. Review
map above.
The emanations of Capricornus support
a new cycle of effort, one with immense spiritual possibilities,
one that gives full expression to the earthly nature. Capricornus
can open the doorway to the head center and bestow humanity
with divine vision and purpose. Telescopic Neptune in
this constellation helps us when the winds of change blow,
by aiding the creation or rebuilding
of structures that manifest our dreams, our spirit on Earth.

The constellation
Aquarius is one of supreme importance to our solar system at this
time, for it is the sign into which our sun is rapidly moving ~ and
with each passing decade its influence gains momentum and potency.
It is largely related to the changes now taking place in our world,
particularly towards groupconsciousness,
focus and service. Aquarius
/ Zodiacal Deity

Ponder these
Aquarian keywords of the soul: "Water of life am I, poured forth
for a thirsty world."

October
19-21, Tuesday-Thursday, Luna swims with the two fishes of Pisces and
the whale Cetus, also known as the Sea Monster! Unpredictable Uranus and
wise, benificent Jupiter are
lurking in these waters. Watch out for the tricks and savor the treats! Review
map above.

The
fusion or union of the Pisces fishes, matter and spirit, produces the
Incarnated Christ, the perfected individual soul. In this process the
lesser and greater polar opposites — the human being and God — are
brought to their destined, radiantly divine expression. This is truly
a treat that can be savored, the HU-man *world
savior.

Rebellious
Uranus in
Pisces arouses a willful rejection of a limited reality and humanity
must suddenly shift into new visions that encompass the greater whole
and lead to greater freedom.

Jupiter
expands and exaggerates Uranus' expression. Together they jump-start
vision, rapid change and a leap in consciousness. ... We're
back in the cosmic ocean where things don't make sense from a logical standpoint.
We may learn something new by moving with the currents and waves as chaotic
Mystery speaks louder to us now. Jacqueline
Lasahn/ AstroFlash
9/17/10

Expect
surprises and sudden opportunities, as well as the feelings to express
youthfulness and freedom. This is very tricky business! Thanks to the
pairing of Uranus and Jupiter, what initially appears as an unwanted
trick could turn out to be quite
a
treat!
The Chilean rescue of 33 miners and their rewards come
to mind.

Cetus
is quite a trickster, even more so with the hide and seek variable
star Mira. Is Cetus a whale or a monster? Is the whale's tail the monster's
jaws
or is
the
monster's
tail the
whale's
head? Cetus
Image The whale is an ancient symbol for creation; many myths speak
of how human life sprang from the sea. On the other hand Cetus the
Sea Monster represents destruction. Hmmm ... Cetus
represents the human struggle, that of a spiritual being in human form.
Creation, destruction, evolution ... It's tricky!

The
winds of change are blowing. Tune to the signs and omens all around.
Follow divine promptings; they lead to right
timing, ease and efficiency.

Note: Jupiter
lies to the right of the October 22/23 Full
Moon. See this map/text.

Pumpkin
Moon? Hunter’s Moon?
A Random Act of Kindness

You
just may see a pumpkin colored Full Moon rising in the east as the
sky darkens Friday night, October
22, or setting in the west before dawn's early light Saturday
morning,
October 23. ‘Tis
the season for a heavenly jack-o’-lantern
to be smiling down upon you!

Traditionally
the Full Moon following the Harvest Moon is called the Hunter’s
Full Moon. The origin of the name actually relates to the harvest.

...
1 month after the harvest hunters used to ride out under the light
of this full moon to hunt the small
animals that came out to forage
what was left of
the harvest. Star
Gazer

Since
I’m not a hunter and love pumpkins and animals, I prefer
calling this Moon the Pumpkin Moon. Hmmm ... Let's surprise our little
animal friends
by doing something nice for them during the Full Moon! A random act
of kindness lifts all of our spirits.

Reflections
~ The Full Moon

Any Full
Moon experience can offer us greater illumination of our essential
divinity. Issues worked on since the New Moon come to a climax.
If the restrictions of the past have been released during the waxing
Moon, then the Full Moon can bring fulfillment. If not, the Full
Moon might bring serious mental conflicts, possibly affecting the
physical body.

Aries,
the Light of Life Itself, represents the birthplace of Divine ideas.
Aries streams forth the will or power of Deity, made manifest through
the creative
process. The butting head of Aries presents challenges
with authority figures, arrogance and greed, which continually
drop us into the jaws of Cetus, where the initiatory fires burn.

When
we embrace the essence of Triangulum [unity beyond duality] and
find the golden corridor of light through the tumultuous world
of human affairs, when we transform our human arrogant attitudes,
we can then receive the benevolent aid supporting our passage
to our rightful places in life. Nick
Fiorenza

Reflections
~ Full Moon's Illumination

The
2nd Full Moon during Libra is illuminated by the Sun positioned
in the constellation Libra near Mercury. Libra is
the point of balance in the zodiac, where spirit and matter maintain
a poised equilibrium. Libra demands we walk the razor edged path
of balance, the path of the soul and
the awakened intuitive mind. Mercury illumines
the mind so that we may link the personality to the soul.

This
Light [of Libra] reveals that before we seek to create, to work
and serve in the world, through meditation and reflection, we must
find the
silence and stillness of the focused point ~ the interlude that
true balance brings. ... standing with Spiritual
poise, equilibrium is achieved, and Soul takes control. The Soul brings
Divine Illumination, and Intuition comes alive within us. 2010
Libra II Global Meditation

In
Summary

When
the
winds of change are blowing us off balance, we
are reminded that Divine ideas are streaming forth from the power
of
Deity.
Though
we may
be temporarily
blinded by fear, greed and arrogance and challenged by earthly
authority, our essential
divinity with it's divine vision
can help us see and tune to the guiding signs all around us. Aiming
the arrow of the mind toward the intuition in meditation, reflection
and stillness aligns us with divine will and prepares us, all in
right timing, for the future.

This
2nd Full Moon in Libra illuminated by the Sun positioned in Libra
is emphasizing the need for balance between spirit and matter,
between the personality and the soul. There is a call for balance,
for "sanity", for unity beyond duality. We are being
urged to choose the way between the two great lines of force, the Libran
Way.

It
is good to remember we the people of this planet are evolving.
In time we will learn to listen, trust and act everyday on our
unifying guidance. This
is a good day to ponder How
the Still Small Voice Works.

We
rise as one into the Light. The gateway that is Libra slowly
opens and a great sense of calm
and peace enfolds us. We see the Light of Libra is the light
that moves
to rest. 2010
Libra II Global Meditation

October
23, Saturday, at 5:35am PDT (12:35 UT), 11 hours after the
exact Full Moon, Luna exactly conjoins Hamal the butting head of
Aries
the
Ram and
the
Sun enters
the sign of Scorpio (10/23-11/22). Scorpio helps
us attune to the three lights of: form, soul and life, which meet,
blend and rise. It is the burning ground of the rising Phoenix. What
challenges are you butting your head against? What must die within
you so that new life can come forth?

BTW: In
the east soon after sunset, look for Luna on the rise and eye-catching
Jupiter to
her right. They are further apart tonight. What color is Luna
as she rises? 10/23
Map/Text She sets in the west Sunday morning,10/24,
at 9:00am.

Luna
first lies near the blue-white Pleiades
star cluster, rising in the east Sunday night around 7:00pm and
setting in the west Monday morning at 10:00am. 10/24
Map/Text She then lies
between the mini-dipper-shaped Pleiades and the red star of enlightenment,
Aldebaran,
rising in
the east Monday night at 8:00pm and setting
in the west Tuesday morning at 11:00am. 10/25
Map/Text Review map above to see the
constellation Taurus in the east.

Note: Bright
moonlight interferes with the observation of the Pleiades; binoculars
are helpful in seeing the cluster.

BTW: Be
sure to look for Luna in the western day sky before she sets.

It
is said that the Light of God, Buddhi,
universal mind sweeps into manifestation in our solar system via
the Pleiades,
also known as the Seven Sisters. See Path
to Sirius. The Pleiades seed the vision of Aldebaran,
which in turn holds a divine ideal that can aid humanity's evolutionary
process through its political systems, its nations.

Imagine
illuminating light descending on Earth flooding the governing bodies
of our world. Bathe in heaven's light, if you ever have a fright.

Waning
Luna lies near Elnath next, the northern
horn tip of the cosmic Bull. She rises Tuesday night at 9:00pm
and sets in the western day sky, Wednesday morning at 12:00 noon. 10/26
Map/Text Review map above to see Elnath in the
constellation Taurus in the east. Look for Luna in the day sky before
she sets!

Elnath
is characteristic of perseverance and breakthroughs. When we look
at Elnath we
are looking toward intergalactic space, away from the crowded hub
of
the Milky Way Galaxy, beyond
the limits of our solar system. Call upon
this star for
guidance in reaching new horizons.

Ideally
the waning Gibbous
Moon is a time that readies us to manifest anew.
It brings illumination to the influences of the
entire lunar cycle. If not, dis-ease results.

October
29, Friday, Gibbous
Luna lies (south of) Castor and Pollux the Gemini Twins. Review map
above. Look for
bright Procyon of Canis Minor and Sirius of Canis Major, our brightest
star, diagonally to the southwest of Luna. Red Betelgeuse lies to the
west. Review map above. Note: Sirius
is known to flash rainbow light, when it is near a horizon and shines through
the
turbulent atmosphere. Moonrise: Midnight (12:00am 10/30)

The
constellation of the Gemini Twins lies upon the ecliptic and the
feet of the Twins stand upon the galactic
equator. Where the two realms
meet (galactic and solar) we have the Gate of Man, the point at which
spirit is said to enter
matter (5º sidereal Gemini in tropical
Cancer). Helpful
Image Thus,
the Twins represent spirit expressing soul purpose in everyday activities.

Call
upon the Twins to manifest anew, with divine vision and right earthly
timing.

Reflections
~ Last Quarter Moon

The Last
Quarter Moon can bring a crisis in consciousness as the Moon squares the
Sun. This cycle's experiences have culminated and one must now prepare
for rebirth by initiating change. This lunar phase is exact October
30 at 5:46am PDT (12:46 UT).

October
30, Saturday, Last Quarter Luna conjoins the Beehive Star Cluster
(M44)
at the heart of Cancer. Compare this
map, showing the location of the beehive, with the map
above. Moonrise: Midnight (12:00am 10/30)

Cancer
reminds us that life is beyond the form experience. We are of the spirit and
belong to its everlasting life. Cancer urges us to reorient ourselves
toward this life, to aim the arrow of the mind away from the astral currents
of the mass consciousness toward the intuition.
Cancer encourages us to listen to and trust our inner compass and guidance,
to sense right direction and initiate the changes that nourish the
spirit and soul.
The emanations of Cancer help us build a lighted house wherein Life
dwells. The Beehive reminds us we are not alone. We are part of a group
soul, humanity emerging from darkness into the Light.

The waning
Crescent Moon phase brings enlightenment at a deep level, a time
of conscious growth, clarification of values and the surrender to
a new future. Rebirth can occur and playfulness can come forth.

October
31, Sunday, is "All Hallowed's Eve" or Hallow'e'en, when
morning Luna lies to the west of blue-white Regulus the heart star of Leo
the Lion. Review map above. Moonrise: 1:15am Regulus
rises at 2:00am.

November
1-2,
Monday-Tuesday, is All-Hallowsmas, the name given around the end of
the first millennium to All Saints
Day, and All
Souls Day respectively. Morning Luna first lies to the east
of the cosmic Lion's heart star and then south of the Lion's tail star,
Denebola. Review map above. Moonrises: 2:30am, 3:30am
Regulus rises around 2:00am and Denebola 3:30am.

Luna
reminds us to celebrate the Spirit in and out of form during these
Days of the Dead. This reminder clarifies our values and helps us surrender
to a new
future when the winds of change blow.

Leo
roars with the Hallow
Moon during the hallowed days. Leo
the Lion demands we follow the Higher Law of Spirit here on Earth,
that we become the soul.
His tail star, Denebola, whips into action with nearby Luna!
If the Higher Law is not followed, Denebola,
also known as the Changer, may bring about swift judgment when it joins with
Luna. Be aware!

Planetary Treats and Celestial Delights During ScorpioSaturn
emerges in the morning sky Late October
Will you see Mars and Mercury hugging the sunset horizon?
Begin looking for morning Venus November 7
Navigate the Celestial Sea where Jupiter and Mira reside.
A Square Replaces a Triangle
A Witch Appears in the Heavens!

November
3-4, Wednesday-Thursday morning, the last vestiges of waning
Luna guide us to Saturn, Spica the brightest star of Virgo the Virgin
and to Venus hugging the east-southeast horizon. This is a difficult
observation in dawn's early light. Binoculars are helpful. Dawn
Map

Virgo
the Virgin and her two planetary visitors are awakening the higher
power of spirit within humanity. The
winds of change are blowing. Our essential divinity with it's
divine vision and right timing
helps us see and tune to the signs all around us, so that we
may align with divine will and prepare for the future and our
rebirth.

Imagine
the spark of divine life igniting within each and every one of
us.

BTW: The
morning of November 4 "NASA's EPOXI mission flies within about
450 miles of the nucleus of Comet
Hartley 2, taking pictures all
the way. The best resolution should be just 7 meters per pixel
on the nucleus's landscape. Full
details. Watch the coverage on
NASA
TV." Sky&Telescope

November
5, Friday, a New Moon occurs at 9:52pm PDT
(04:52 UT 11/6).
Stay tuned for the next edition of Moon Dances.